Cinema Cemetery: Episode 61- Rain Man (1988)

“I don’t have my books, I’m going to be bookless”.  1988’s Rain Man tells the story of Charlie Babbit, a quasi-successful businessman looking to continue his string of high-risk, high-reward deals.  When his estranged father passes, he initially thinks he’s hit the windfall, only to find nearly all inheritance has been sent to his long-lost brother Raymond.  Raymond, an “autistic savant” in the film’s terms lives life in a facility, unable to interact with the world on his own.  When Charlie decides to “kidnap” Raymond to gain leverage to regain his inheritance, a cross-country road trip begins.  Part drama, part comedy, part Tom Cruise, and part Dustin Hoffman, Rain Man is a little bit of everything.  Does lightning strike thrice for Mr. Hoffman?  Find out here.

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